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Discover the evolution of ownership, performance, and rewards at RCU with insights from Director Gordon Aitken. Explore the transition from a traditional model to one emphasizing share ownership and equal dividends for all staff. Learn about the benefits, potential challenges, and feedback from colleagues. Delve into the shift towards employee-shareholder enterprises, focusing on collective enterprise, motivation, and cost control. Uncover how employee involvement is crucial for successful structures. Step into a world where transparency, development, and long-term perspective shape a thriving workplace culture at RCU.
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Ownership, performance and reward at RCU - what works for us • Gordon Aitken, Director RCU
About us – briefly! Colleges and training companies Private sector clients Customer surveys; staff surveys; market analysis; data mining; labour market info; stakeholder perceptions; income generation; customer relations management.
Previous Model (2002-April 2009) • Managing Director • Deputy Director • EBT nominee • 2 Non-Execs • Right to attend for all other staff • Salary bonus (equal for all staff) • EBT group benefits (caravan, events) • Reinvestment
Current Model (April 2009 onwards) • Share Ownership • 17 voting shares awarded after 1 year’s service. • 6745 capital owning shares (and 900 options) – 60 per year of service. • Managing Director • 3 Exec Directors (Elected A shareholders) • 3 NEDs • Right to attend for all other staff • Dividend (equal for all staff) • Staff Benefits Budget (group benefits) • Reinvestment
So what’s changed? This is what colleagues say Click here (you need to be running slide show)
Benefits and (Potential) Problems Benefits Potential Problems • Initial legal/tax cost • Slower decision-making • Risk of “free riders” • Disenchanted “top performers” • Small company model – James Meade (1975) “employee-shareholder enterprises” c30? • Collective enterprise • Motivation/innovation • Cost control • Self-adjusting remun. • Peer group impact • Reduced mgt cost • Recruitment • Transparency • Development spur • Longer perspective
Final thought • No structure works without genuine employee involvement ... but most structures will work with it.